‘Not really an excuse’ - Nico Rosberg has little sympathy for Lance Stroll's F1 track limits struggles
The Aston Martin racer was among several drivers who picked up time penalties for exceeding track limits in Qatar, with Stroll’s penalty costing him a points finish as he wasꦿ shuffled down the order after crossing the line in P9.
Str🍃oll blamed his struggles on “ridiculous” condi𒆙tions as drivers battled extreme heat and took aim at the track limits rules at the high-speed Losail circuit.
But 2016 world champion Rosberg, who had 168澳洲幸෴运5官方开奖结果历史:slated Stroll’s behaviour and performanc𓃲es earlier in the weekend, pointed out that other driv⛦ers were able to avoid pen𒅌alties.
“It wa𝔉s a decent race, perhaps, for him,” Rosberg told S꧙ky.
“But still, it’s an extreme way of stating it 🍬- that he says the last 25 laps he was almost passing out on high-spe💞ed corners.
“I mean, I believe ꦛhim that i𝔉s just crazy, crazy difficult out there.
“But, nevertheless, all the other drivers managed to do without pe🥀nalties – or many of them – especially the best ones out there today.
“So it’s not really an excuse, I think, to still havꦕe so many mistakes to get the penalties that he d✅id.”
The Canadian admitted he had been on the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:verge of passing out at times and revealed he also su🔯ffered f🐼rom blurred vision.
The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:FIA has vowed to take action after several drivers were forced to seek medical attention after𒆙 the🅷 race, which took place in temperatures in excess of 30 degrees and high humidity.
“In my day, we did a test with a doctor with a devicꩲe,” Ro﷽sberg added.
“We did a simulation of a race like that in those 💖temperatures and it was deemed that it was not a risk to one’s health.
“Of course, it was an extreme exhaustion. It was extremely difficult. So I wonder, I mean, they 🧸would need to analyse it. Certainly, it was borderline. They lost like three kilos, so six pounds of body weight in those one hour and 45 minutes that they were racing. That’s extreme, it’s like 5% of your body weight, which really really is so tough and it’s such a torture.
🅘“So that’s something they’re gonna have to look at.”
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